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gutogonz
04-12-2006, 12:43 PM
Hi:

Im researching about the first beaseball game on Mexican soil.
And Im a little bit suspicious about the Mexican War being the scenario for the first baseball game as long as there are are baseball registers in Texas in that period.
If you know something about this, please let me know..

Thnx so much,
César

Monterrey, México

Martín Dihigo. La Epopeya
http://www.geocities.com/martindihigo

VIBaseball
05-08-2006, 01:30 PM
César, here's one passing reference:

http://oha.alexandriava.gov/fortward/special-sections/baseball/

But aside from that, my quick Net search didn't turn up any real linkage. There's one mention on ericenders.com that talks about a game -- probably apocryphal -- in 1847 (using Santa Anna's wooden leg as bat?!). There are mentions of Abner Doubleday's service in the war, but talk about apocryphal...